Back in 2021, I was tagged by the wonderful Kerri @Kerri McBookNerd to do The Greek Gods Book Tag. Now, three years later, I’m finally getting around to doing it! How quickly time flies because I honestly thought this was a tag from last year… Oops! 🤭
Let’s jump straight to the tag!
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Happy Monday, friends! I thought I would ease into the week with a book tag. I haven’t done one in a very long time and as I was browsing my saved tags, I came across the Characters of the Year Book Tag! I first saw this on Kerri’s blog and thought it looked fun and as it’s still January I thought it’d still be okay to do this post reflecting on characters from 2023. So let’s get to it!
After a bit of searching, I found out this tag was originally created by Amanda @ A Brighter Shade of Hope (although her blog doesn’t seem to be active anymore).
This guy. THIS GUY! I just… I don’t want to say too much because of spoilers but ach, everything that unfolded was just WILD. I loved and hated him and it was just a lot but in the best way? Yeah. Nezha!!!
I read so many amazing female characters this year but I fell head over foot for Kate Daniels. She has this wild chaotic magic slayer energy and she is such a freaking baddie! I loved seeing all her layers as the series progressed.
Again, there were so many relatable characters last year but I’m going to have to pick Maggie because she’s this grumpy, socially anxious introvert gamer who might not have her life sorted all the time but is getting by the best she can. I related to her so hard!
If you’ve been following my blog, this will not surprise you. I adore Lizzie & Rake so much! They remain one of my favourite one-night-to-oops-pregnancy romances to date.
This award goes to one of my all-time favourite morally grey villains. I liked Holland a lot on first read several years ago but over the years, I’ve come to really appreciate his fantastic character arc!
I already didn’t like him from the beginning but I very passionately disliked Tyrell in this book. I… I can’t see the “good” side of him or empathise with his character. Nope, not happening. I need him out of the picture, please!
I loved Princesses Beatriz, Sophronia and Daphne. They were so vastly different in personalities but they had such fierce determination and strength and I admired them so much! I can’t wait to finish this series in 2024 🙂
Okay, so I know Bambleby’s not really a sidekick or non-main character so I’m kinda cheating with this. But he does support Emily in this book and I loved the role he ends up playing in the story! 😍
I actually didn’t read a whole lot of books with siblings in 2023 but I did love Dorsey & Gigi in this modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice. I loved their interaction, love and support for each other and I wanted so much more of their interactions!
And that’s a wrap on 2023 characters! Did you read any of these books & feel the same way about the characters? Who were some of your favourite/least favourite characters in 2023?
Hey friends, I hope the week is treating you right. We’re two sleeps away from a new year (at least on this side of the world anyway) and I was reminded by Jennifer @ My Book Joy about this fun book tag! ✨ I totally forgot that the Spotify Wrapped Book Tag existed but I think I did a pretty decent job at matching songs to books in 2022, so I thought I’d give it another go for 2023. I think my 2023 songs were a bit more challenging but I still had fun matching and think I did an okay job, lol. On that note, let’s get to it!
This tag was originally created by Rosina @Lace and Dagger Books!
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Since it’s Christmas, many of us will be away from our computer screens but I thought there was no better time to do the Christmas Songs Book Tag! My family doesn’t celebrate Christmas but I love the festive atmosphere and I admit to being a sucker for the tunes. Unsurprisingly, I’ve been listening to Christmas hits for the whole month and that’s not stopping today! 😍
Caro tagged me to do this one and if you haven’t yet, do check out her blog cos it’s wonderful. 💜 On that note, let’s just get to it. I plan to choose my answers from my 2023 reads as much as I possibly can!
This tag was originally created by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
I didn’t think it’d be so hard to choose but I think Lizzie and Rake take this title. They were just SO PERFECT and their romance was *chef’s kiss*. I love them! 🥹
I didn’t think I could find something holiday-themed for this answer but Ves was away from “home” for the holidays when he found himself in Piney Peaks!
I was tempted to go with a novella but I decided to shine a spotlight on a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel instead. This was super cute and had a lovely message too!
As I said in a recent post, I’m my own Santa and here are a few titles I’m thinking of treating myself to:
I’m an emotional reader so it doesn’t take much to make me cry but this book in particular had me ugly-crying in a big way! Woof, the emotions! 😭 Actually, no lie, this whole series had me crying rivers, lol.
I live in the tropics but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy my share of holiday romances! 😍
I did read a trilogy this year but only the one so that would be cheating. So I have to share my all-time favourite trilogy and that’s without question The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee.
Okay, I admit I’m cheating a bit with this one because I’m not picking one character I’m picking four. The four septuagenarians who are part of the Thursday Murder Club. There would be endless drinking and undoubtedly all the stories!
This was one of my most anticipated releases for 2023. I’d been looking forward to it since I binged all five books in the series at the end of 2022. I wept with disappointment and blocked its existence from my mind, lol.
I’ve got a very short 2024-releases list started on Goodreads now but from that list, Tia Williams’ next book is the one that I’m most desperately looking forward to. Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate the magnificence that is this cover, pls? 😍😭
That’s it for the Christmas Songs Book Tag! Do you like Christmas songs or are you over it all? 😂 If you want to do this tag and link back, I’d love to know your answers! Hope everyone has a good, relaxed day and a nice break!
I forgot that this tag existed but I’m glad I was reminded of it because otherwise, I would’ve missed out on doing an annual favourite. It’s time for the Bookish Naughty or Nice Tag, friends! Have I been Naughty or Nice this year? I’m tempted to say naughty but I think I’ve actually been pretty good in 2023, lol. Let’s see if I’m right! 😂
This tag was originally created by Jenniely.
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I’ve been looking for a spooky season-themed and easy book tag to do for a while now and I finally found it when I saw Ashlee @Books Are 42 post the 👻 Trick or Treat Round the Block Book Tag! 🎃 Now, you know I don’t read much of the spooky stuff and the last time I went trick-or-treating was back in high school way too many years ago…! 😂 But this still looked like too much fun to pass up so here we go with it.
This tag was originally created by The Bookish Porcupine.
Hello, friends. It’s a slothful Saturday afternoon here! I browsed my bookmarked book tags for an easy tag to do and came across the Afternoon Tea Book Tag I saved over a year ago after seeing it on Elle @ Unwrapping Words.
This tag was originally created by The Incessant Bookworm.
Hello, friends! I’m kicking off the week with a book tag this Monday! I first saw The Weather Book Tag on Kyla’s blog and it looked like the easy kind of tag that I love doing, so I immediately bookmarked it!
I wasn’t sure who made the tag but I followed the trail of posts from Kyla’s page to Bookstooge.
As I’m in a romance mood, it seems fitting that I finally get around to doing The Romance Reader Book Tag that I’ve been keen to do ever since I saw it on Kerri’s blog more than a year ago (omg, what is time 😂)!
After a bit of sleuthing, I’ve found that this tag was originally created by Romance Queen of Booktube and The Bookish Knitter.
And on that note, let’s get cracking on these questions!
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Hi, friends! Today I’m doing The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag that I first saw on Celeste @A Literary Escape‘s blog last week. I’ve been on the hunt for a simple and easy tag to do ever since I started blogging again so when I saw this one I immediately jumped on it.
This book tag was originally created by Tanya @girlxoxo.
Without further ado, let’s get to it…
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